2018 Christ’s College Climate Seminars

2018 Christ’s College Climate Seminars: Thinking creatively about climate change

The Centre for Science and Policy is working with Professor Charles Kennel, Director emeritus at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, to deliver the 2018 series of climate change seminars hosted by Christ’s College.

The 2018 Christ’s College Climate Seminars will address three questions: In what ways are climates changing? What meanings are ascribed to these changes? And what is the scope for future interventions? In this four-part series we will explore these questions from scientific, cultural and policy perspectives. The aim is to shed light on different meanings of climate change, to engage the imagination and to explore the range of cultural and political responses to climate change.

There are two climate seminar series running this term. One series is organised by CSaP in partnership with Christ's College, the other is organised by Dr Hugh Hunt. Details of all events are listed below.

18 January: Seminar 1- Whatever happened to the hiatus in warming?

Speakers: Professor Charles Kennel, Director Emeritus of the Sripps Institution of Oceanography

A written summary of the seminar can be read here.

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25 January: Seminar 2- Scenarios of Climate Change: cultural responses to unsettled times and uncertain futures

Speaker: Dr Renata Tyszczuk, Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield

A written summary of the seminar can be read here.

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1 February: Seminar 3 - The Cultural functions of climate

Speaker: Professor Mike Hulme, Professor of Human Geography

A written summary of the seminar can be read here.

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8 February: Seminar 4 - Climate science and policy: tales of the unexpected

Speaker: Dr Steve Smith, Head of Climate Science at Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

A written summary of the seminar can be read here.

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These events will build on the success of four years of previous event series - please click here (2017), here (2017), here (2016) , here (2016) and here (2015) for recordings of previous seminars.

For the 2018 recordings please click here